Bottcher Reaches 2022 Tim Hortons Brier Semifinals

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Patrick
Janssen

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN) run at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-3 loss to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier in Lethbridge, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 7-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) 5-4, then won 6-4 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) and 11-4 against Tyler Smith (Crapaud, PEI). Bottcher won 8-6 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK), then won 10-4 against Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) and 8-7 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Bottcher went on to lose 5-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Bottcher responded with a 6-3 win over Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 53.416 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with 201.748 total points. Bottcher ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 201.748 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	42	24	0	0.636	11-6	9-7	7-5	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	519	391	306	7.53	5.90	1.64	4.47	3.78	1.69	1.56	1.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	247	310	41	40	7-0	20-3	66-5	1.26	0.17	0.45	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	272	81	265	51	2-4	5-14	10-58	0.30	0.97	0.54	0.20

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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